Heaviest song released in 1967

I'm so not a fan of 'heavy' as it eventually came to be (mis)understood, it was a mistake IMHO; nonetheless, I do find beginnings interesting.

 

This is what I always say when talking early and HEAVY. Straight up DOOM!

Clear Light - Street Singer

 

Are you implying that metal and such is a “mistake?”

 

Yes, that's very heavy...what's more, I have this album, haven't listened to it in years, and definitely need to give it another spin. I also have a CD of the band in their earlier days when they were known as the Brain Train.

 

Music Machine - The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly

not anywhere near the Clear Light song, but still heavy for 1967

 

Jimi’s Manic Depression. Heavy AF

 

Iron Butterfly Theme

Again, not Clear Light but heavy for 1967

edit January 1968

 

Animal could get heavy-handed at times.

 

No, I'm not implying it, I'm stating it flat out. YMMV. There are things that some might describe as 'heavy' that I do like and don't think of as mistakes, but what I like about them is some other aspect.

 

Garden of Delights - Ennio Morricone

 

Outcasts - 1523 Blair
Drumming as fast as Keith Moon, screaming garage rock/punk vocal, constant guitar distortion combined with wild organ in 1:52. It might be better for a fastest song thread. Elephant-heavy.

 

That would be a great song title.

 

This

To me, the first metal song

 

Pretty Things - Old Man Going

 

Released in 1969 but recorded in late 1967... The Easybeats "Peculiar Hole In The Sky"

 

"SF Sorrow" was released in 1968.

 

The Loved Ones - The Magic Box

 

This.

End.

 

THE ACCENT - Wind of change

 

It's got to be a song from The Velvet Underground & Nico. Three tracks spring to mind - Heroin, Black Angel's Death Song or - the one I will nominate - European Son.

 

Jimi Hendrix - "If 6 Was 9"
Procol Harum - "Repent Walpurgis"
Velvet Underground - "Venus in Furs"
Cream - "Tales of Brave Ulysses"

 

The Litter/Action Woman

 

All too much - beatles

 

Blue Cheer, Summertime Blues:

 

Wow! Never really understood this song from my beloved fab four. This thread totally puts in context and I'm into it. Thanks for that!